The Sinking of the SS Edmund Fitzgerald

Historian Lori Feret will give a slide presentation on the SS Edmund Fitzgerald on Sunday, November 6, from 2-3 pm, at Saline District Library. The Edmund Fitzgerald, one of the American Great Lakes freighters, sank in a terrible Lake Superior storm on November 10, 1975, with all 29 hands on deck. When launched in June, 1958, she was the largest freighter on the Great Lakes, and remains the largest to have sunk there. Lori Feret will tell the story of one of the biggest disasters in the history of Great Lakes shipping. Come learn about the ship, the men, and that fateful night. Saline District Library is located at 555 N. Maple Rd. Questions? Please call the Library at 734-429-5450.